09:00 – 10:30

Hall No. 1 (2nd floor)

QUALITY OF THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EAEU

Technical Regulation of Electronic Commerce in the EAEU: Ensuring the Security of Goods on Electronic Platforms

In the context of the rapid growth of e-commerce and the increase in the number of marketplaces across all member states of the Union, including the presence of goods from foreign sellers on the Union's marketplaces, the issue of ensuring the safety of goods purchased by individuals is becoming more pressing.

The Customs Code of the Union identifies two new categories of goods.

e-commerce goods intended for sale to individuals, which must be placed under the customs procedure of a “customs warehouse” in compliance with “full-format” technical regulation measures (with documents on assessment of compliance with the requirements of the Union’s technical regulations);

e-commerce goods purchased by individuals. This is a category of goods for which an approach has been adopted to implement a notification procedure in terms of compliance with the requirements of the Union's technical regulations.

The work being carried out within the Union to define common approaches to regulating the circulation of e-commerce goods, particularly in terms of ensuring their safety, will enable both the development of a comparable mechanism for introducing technical regulation measures for the safety of e-commerce goods from third countries and the creation of favorable conditions for the development of e-commerce within the Union.

Questions for discussion:

• modeling approaches to regulating the security of e-commerce goods as a new direction for joint development;

• innovations in technical regulation of e-commerce goods: confirmation of conformity of e-commerce goods imported through the “customs warehouse” procedure;

• the safety of imported goods intended for sale to individuals on the marketplaces of the Union Member States;

• issues of application of the notification procedure for compliance with the requirements of the Union's technical regulations in relation to certain categories of goods;

• aspects of customs administration of electronic commerce goods transported across the customs border of the Union by postal items, in order to ensure their security.

Moderator:

Valentin Tataritsky - Member of the Board (Minister) for Technical Regulation at the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Elena Morgunova – Chairperson of the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus

Sergey Shklyaev – Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service

Anton Shalaev – Head of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart)

Natalya Savelyeva – Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in the Sphere of Licensing, Control and Supervisory Activities, Accreditation and Self-Regulation of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Alexander Popkov – Director of Business Process Support at Wildberries LLC

Alexey Minaev – Deputy Managing Director of Internet Solutions LLC (OZON)

QUALITY OF THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EAEU

The single labor market of the EAEU is characterized by an increase in demand for skilled labor. In order to reduce the impact of labor shortages on the economic development of the EAEU member states, it is necessary to improve the conditions for increasing the mobility of in-demand workers in the single labor market of the Union.

The issue of recognition of professional skills is becoming important. When working across borders, the employee must meet the qualifications required by the employer. The absence of equivalent qualifications complicates the access of their holders to work in another country.

According to WHO, health care is one of the top ten sectors contributing to economic development and is also an important source of jobs. Prioritizing public health interventions helps build human and social capital and expand employment opportunities with economic returns.

Questions for discussion:

• the ability to forecast labor market needs;

• features of recognition in the EAEU member states of the professional skills of workers in interstate employment;

• the possibility of cross-border continuous professional development of employees;

• the role of public organizations in the functioning of the single labor market;

• protection of the health of workers and their families in the EAEU.

Moderator

Bakhyt Sultanov - Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (to be confirmed)

Speakers:

Ruben Sargsyan – Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

Svetlana Zhakupova – Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed)

Askar Biakhmetov – Vice Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Dragan Aleksoski – Deputy Director of the IOM Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Artem Shadrin – Director General of the National Agency for Qualifications Development

Timur Zharkenov – Member of the Board – Deputy Chairman of the Board of the NCE "Atameken"

Tatiana Astreiko – First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic Belarus

Zhyldyz Polotova – Minister of Labor, Social Security and Migration of the Kyrgyz Republic (to be confirmed)

Anton Kotyakov – Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed)

Svetlana Bashtovenko – President of the NGO "Resource Center for the Elderly", coordinator of the Intercountry Expert Advisory Council on Migration

Viktor Pinsky – Secretary General of the General Confederation trade unions

Siddhartha Datta – Representative of the World Health Organization in the Republic Armenia

09:00 – 10:30

Hall No. 3 (3rd floor)

EURASIAN CONNECTION

Infrastructure and logistics in agriculture: modern challenges and solutions

The state of infrastructure and logistics has a significant impact on the efficiency of sales of agricultural products and food and, accordingly, on the competitiveness of the agricultural sector, especially in the context of the crises of recent years and the disruption of global supply chains.

The Union member states currently have a fairly developed transport and logistics infrastructure, as well as a high level of self-sufficiency in agricultural products and food (93.1% in 2023).

At the same time, there are challenges in increasing the turnover of agricultural products and food both among Union member states and with third countries. These challenges include the predominance of small-scale production, which makes it difficult and expensive to consolidate batches, standardize products, and manage cross-border operations for small companies. Additional issues include a shortage of modern infrastructure for storing and handling perishable goods, the absence of a digital platform, low throughput, lengthy manual document verification at checkpoints, high transaction costs, and the need for secondary confirmations, verifications, and paper documentation.

To enhance mutual trade in agricultural products within the Union, it is advisable to establish a transparent transport and logistics chain, expand warehouse capacity, including qualified storage, reduce costs, create a system for managing commodity and material flows, ensure the smooth movement of goods, and develop uniform standards and an information platform.

Questions for discussion:

• the state of infrastructure and logistics in the agro-industrial complex of the EAEU member states;

• the importance of agro-logistics infrastructure for production and export, including for small and medium-sized enterprises;

• potential infrastructure and logistics projects in the agro-industrial complex;

• issues of financing infrastructure and logistics projects in the agro-industrial complex;

• potential for the development of digital and physical infrastructure of the agro-industrial complex.

Moderator:

Alexey Kletsko – Director of the Agriculture and Renewable Resources, Retail and Consumer Goods, Banks and Financial Sector Department at Yakov and Partners LLC

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Arman Khodzhoyan – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia

Samat Nasirdinov – Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic

Sergey Levin – Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

Oleg Kobyakov – Director of the Liaison Office with the Russian Federation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Elena Dybova – Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

Nikita Bantsekin – Deputy General Director of JSC “SME Corporation”

Alevtina Kirillova – General Director of ANO for assistance in the development of agro-industrial activities "Eurasian Agrologistics"

Vladislav Romantsev – Director of Strategic Development, EFKO Management Company JSC

Andrey Bodin – Executive Director, Eurasian Association of Sugar Producers

Ekaterina Luchkina – Director, Association of Meat Processors

QUALITY OF THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EAEU

Law enforcement practice and development direction of antimonopoly regulation in cross-border markets

In the Eurasian Economic Union (hereinafter referred to as the EAEU), issues of monitoring compliance with general competition rules in cross-border markets have been transferred to the supranational level. The Eurasian Economic Commission (hereinafter referred to as the EEC), as a supranational regulator, has been implementing law enforcement in cross-border markets since 2015.

Documents on the delimitation of the competence of national anti-monopoly authorities of member states and the EEC have been adopted. Overall, a legal framework in the field of competition has been established, and significant practical experience has been accumulated.

At the same time, current problems and challenges facing national jurisdictions are transmitted to cross-border markets.

Thus, for a considerable period, both jurisdictions have focused on the increasing influence of digitalization and platformization of economies, as well as ensuring the affordability and free movement of goods, services, capital, and labor.

In the year of the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the EAEU, it is appropriate to assess the effectiveness of existing mechanisms and discuss directions for further development of the EEC activities to ensure equal competitive conditions in the cross-border markets of the EAEU.

Questions for discussion:

• Marketplace Activities Through the Prism of Antimonopoly Regulation in Cross-Border Markets: Is Special Regulation Needed or Is More Information Required?

• legal positions of the EAEU Court on cases considered in the field of competition;

• improving the mechanisms of interaction between national antimonopoly authorities and the EEC when considering applications for violation of general competition rules in cross-border markets and conducting proactive investigations;

• the existence of “gray zones” for preventive actions by national antimonopoly authorities and the EEC in the presence of negative effects on competition in the EAEU markets;

• exchange of information with national anti- monopoly authorities on issues of monitoring compliance with general competition rules, including in the cross-border markets of the EAEU by companies from third countries.

Moderator:

Konstantin Begidzhanov- Deputy Director of the Department of Antimonopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Maxim Ermolovich – Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Antimonopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Alexey Dronov – Chairman of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Union

Sergey Maksimov – Director of the Antimonopoly Regulation Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Shushan Sargsyan – Member of the Commission for the Protection of Competition of the Republic of Armenia

Natalya Vasilevskaya – Deputy Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus

Gulshat Asylbaeva – Chairperson of the Antimonopoly Regulation Service under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic (online)

Erlan Alzhan – Deputy Chairman of the Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan (online)

Sergey Puzyrevsky – State Secretary – Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia.

Khalilillo Turakhuzhaev – Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan (online)

EURASIAN CONNECTION

Eurasian Economic Integration in the Energy Sector: Challenges and Benefits

Ten years after the start of the Eurasian Economic Union's operation, the exceptional stability of the created integration association and its adaptability to changing external conditions and emerging challenges in which the energy complexes of the member states operate have become obvious, which indicates the presence of "cementing" factors at the foundation of Eurasian integration in the energy sector. The fuel and energy complex of each country is the foundation of its dynamic socio-economic development, ensuring the satisfaction of the needs of the population and industry for key energy resources. Considering the historical, inextricable connection of our fuel and energy complexes, the development of integration cooperation in the energy sector through the balanced and step-by-step development of the existing highly effective relations between our countries is an effective and significant means of realizing the main goals laid down in the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union: creating conditions for the stable development of the economies of the participants, raising the standard of living of the population, comprehensive modernization, cooperation and increasing the competitiveness of national economies.

Despite the different structures of the fuel and energy complexes of the EAEU countries, mutual respect and awareness of the possible negative consequences of a deterioration in the state of national energy security of a member state for all participants in the association make it possible to achieve an unprecedented level of mutual understanding, trust and consideration of national energy interests between member states, and also create the preconditions for the formation of a unified vision of member states on current issues on the international energy agenda.

Thus, within the framework of the EAEU, a unique system of relationships in the energy sector is being developed, aimed at realizing the energy potential of each participant and, in the long term, having a significant positive effect on cooperation between the EAEU and partner countries.

Questions for discussion:

• the main factors of sustainability of Eurasian integration;

• the changing international energy landscape and its impact on Eurasian economic integration;

• the impact on the energy complex of the development of integration processes in related industries;

• formats of interaction between the EAEU countries and partner states in the energy sector;

• prospects for intensifying the dialogue between the EAEU and international organizations with the participation of its member states;

• strategic vision for the future of Eurasian integration.

The session participants are heads of government bodies of the EAEU partner countries, as well as heads of the largest energy companies in the EAEU space.

Moderator: to be confirmed.

Speakers:

Sergey Tsivilev – Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

Gnel Sanosyan – Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia

Gevorg Papoyan – Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia

Alexey Kushnarenko – Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus

Almasadam Satkaliev – Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Taalaibek Ibrayev – Minister of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic

Nikolay Shulginov – Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

DIGITALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

Digitalization cannot be stopped. Where do we put the comma? (by invitation)

Today, as a common understanding of the importance of implementing the digital agenda of the Eurasian Economic Union has emerged, there is a need for further actions to fully integrate the fundamental principles of Eurasian economic integration and ensure that the four 'freedoms' are effectively reflected in the digital realm.

The idea of the Digital Union is to ensure cross-border information interaction in the interests of the Union's citizens and business community, without infringing on national digital sovereignty, and to enable the scaling of the best digital solutions throughout the Union.

Questions for discussion:

• Digital agenda of the EAEU – A step towards the Digital Union;

• ensuring four freedoms for citizens of the Eurasian Economic Union based on digitalization;

• data circulation in the EAEU space;

• regulatory “sandbox” – as a mechanism for implementing digital projects;

• formation of a “showcase” of digital projects of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Moderator:

Varos Simonyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Internal Markets, Informatization, Information and Communication Technologies of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Konstantin Shulgan – Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus

Nuriya Kutnaeva – Minister of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic

Maksut Shadayev – Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

Gevorg Meliksetyan – Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia

Askhat Orazbek – Vice-Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATION

Prospects and advantages of participants in the common electricity market of the EAEU in centralized trading of electricity

In the context of rising global energy prices, the decision by the Eurasian five countries to create a common electricity market is a rational step towards achieving balanced prices and tariffs for electricity, as well as fostering positive growth dynamics in the national economies of the EAEU countries.

The launch of a common electricity market will significantly enhance the level of energy security for the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Centralized electricity trade, ensuring non-discriminatory conditions for participants in the Union's common electricity market, will allow for the optimal use of existing opportunities for transporting electricity between the Union countries via interstate power transmission lines to reduce the existing deficit in generating capacity and increase the level of mutual trade within the Union.

Questions for discussion:

• Exchange mechanisms in centralized trading are the path to market pricing for electricity.

• the role of centralized electricity trading in ensuring non-discriminatory conditions for participants in the Union's common electricity market.

• centralized trading of electricity on the common electricity market of the Union – prospects for using national currencies.

• Centralized electricity trading – expectations of potential participants in the Union’s common electricity market.

• organization of the information exchange system on the common electric power market of the Union and mechanisms for implementing the use of electronic digital signatures, including those issued in the member states of the Union, in the implementation of trade.

Moderator:

Vadim Zakrevsky – Director of the Energy Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Arzybek Kozhoshev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission (welcome speech)

Akob Vardanyan – Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia (to be specified)

Denis Moroz – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus (to be specified)

Alexander Osmolovsky – Chairman of the Board of JSC Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange

Mesrop Mesropyan – General Director of CJSC Settlement Center (to be specified)

Aidos Daribayev – Chairman of the Board of JSC Kazakhstan Operator of the Electricity and Capacity Market

Talgat Temirkhanov – Chairman of the ALE Kazakhstan Electric Power Association

Altynbek Rysbekov – General Director of JSC National Electric Grid of Kyrgyzstan (to be specified)

Trofimenko Sergey – Managing Director for Gas and Electricity Markets of JSC Saint Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange"

Alexander Komissarov - Member of the Board - Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC "ATS"

Sergey Kiryushkin- Advisor to the General Director, Head of the Certification Center of Gazinformservice LLC

Natalya Nevmerzhitskaya - Chairman of the Board of the NP "Association of Guaranteeing Suppliers and Energy Sales Companies" (to be confirmed)

Oleg Lushnikov - Executive Director of the Association "Hydropower of Russia" (to be confirmed)

Participants:

• Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia

• Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Belarus

• Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

• Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic

• Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation

• Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia

• Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan

• JSC "Settlement Center"

• JSC "Operator of the Electric Power System"

• Belarusian NPP

• JSC Samruk-Energo

• JSC KEGOC

• JSC "Electric Stations"

• Association "NP Market Council"

• JSC "SO UES"

• PJSC “Inter RAO”

• JSC "SPIMEX"

• JSC "Tatenergo"

• PJSC “Rosseti”

• PJSC “RusHydro”

• Siberian Generating Company LLC

• JSC “Concern Rosenergoatom”

• JSC “NovaWind”

• JSC “Atomenergopromsbyt”

• LLC "CSRPE"

• Association (non-profit partnership) "Community of Energy Consumers"

• Association of Guaranteed Suppliers and Energy Sales Companies

11:00 – 12:30

Hall No. 3 (3rd floor)

TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATION

Industrial cooperation in the EAEU: business ideas and support mechanisms

The common market of the Eurasian Economic Union offers a fundamental advantage: a unified economic territory that facilitates the creation of production chains between the regions of member states and attracts mutual investments.

The choice of jurisdiction plays a crucial role in the implementation of investment projects by businesses, taking into account both possible preferences and inherent difficulties. In terms of protecting capital investments, supporting businesses and guaranteeing the rights of entrepreneurs, investors are guided by the decisions of national governments.

An important factor in the distribution of production across countries is logistical accessibility within the EAEU and the development of transport infrastructure. This infrastructure supports the creation of innovative industrial centers, including international logistics corridors and hubs. It also involves establishing joint clusters, technology parks, industrial parks, economic zones, and competence centers. These entities act as facilitators for investment in industrial projects and have proven to be effective tools for supporting industrial enterprises and innovative companies.

Local authorities of the member states play a significant role in the development of industrial infrastructure and support of new joint projects.

At the same time, businesses note a number of obstacles associated with the implementation of intercountry production projects. In particular, the high cost of borrowed funds.

A key factor in addressing this issue is the mechanism of financial support for joint cooperation projects in industries, developed by the EEC and member states. This new instrument will promote technological development, create new production models, expand trade and economic ties between member states, and increase mutual investments.

Topics for discussion:

• Who invests in the EAEU industry? The role of foreign investment in the renewal of the main industrial assets in the EAEU;

• issues of investment protection in national documents of the EAEU countries;

• the role of regional governments in supporting industrial cooperation;

• regional benefits for investment projects;

• business problems in the implementation of intercountry industrial projects;

• experience of banks and funds investing in industrial cooperation projects in the EAEU;

• industrial clusters as growth points;

• How the strategies of cross-border industrial companies of the EAEU are changing in light of new opportunities.

Moderator:

Andrey Tochin – Director of the Institute for the Development of Integration Processes of the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Gevorg Papoyan – Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia

Andrey Kuznetsov – Deputy Minister of Industry of the Republic of Belarus

Kanat Sharlapaev – Minister of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Daniyar Amangeldiev – Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic

Roman Chekushov – State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Dmitry Volvach – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Vigen Yenokyan – Head of the Representative Office of JSC Russian Export Center in the Republic of Armenia

Artem Novikov – Chairman of the Board of the Russian-Kyrgyz Development Fund

Arsen Kazaryan – President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Armenia

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Veronika Isayeva – Advisor to the President of JSC "KyrgyzIndustry"

Dmitry Frolov - Director of the Union of Industrialists "Progress"

Nonna Kagramanyan - Vice President, Head of the Executive Committee of "Business Russia"

Sergey Mayorov - Chairman of the Board of the Association "Industrial Cluster of the Republic of Tatarstan"

Narek Karapetyan - Vice President of the Group of Companies "TASHIR"

Dmitry Isaev - Executive Vice President, JSC "Gazprombank"

Ekaterina Kuzmina - Vice President of PJSC "Promsvyazbank"

11:00 – 12:30

Hall No. 4 (4th floor)

QUALITY OF THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EAEU

Public procurement as a factor of economic integration

Since the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union, various integration factors have driven the modernization of individual sectors within the member states' economies. In the sphere of public procurement, alongside national competence, Eurasian regulatory instruments are actively utilized. These instruments facilitate the provision of a national regime, harmonize approaches to public procurement, and create conditions for fair competition.

Further convergence of member states' interests in public procurement will contribute to the creation of a truly common market, allowing seamless participation of non-residents in the public procurement processes of other member states. As a result, the public procurement market can become increasingly supplied with goods produced primarily within the EAEU.

At the same time, given the sufficient production capacity for certain types of goods within member states, the policy of supporting domestic producers should be more coordinated. The use of exemptions from national treatment for such goods should be considered an extreme measure.

Questions for discussion:

• creation of a common market for public procurement as one of the results of Eurasian economic integration;

• correlation of international obligations of individual member states in the area of ​​public procurement (for example, the Republic of Armenia joined the WTO Agreement on Public Procurement in 2011) with obligations within the framework of the EAEU;

• the impact of opening the public procurement market to third countries on the increase in the number of potential suppliers, increased competition in public procurement, and the efficiency of spending budget funds;

• the possibility of establishing in the law of the EAEU the right of a member state to introduce restrictions or prohibitions on the acquisition of goods from third countries, as an alternative to exemptions from the national regime;

• Digitalization of public procurement – ​​expanding opportunities for business, not a tool for “closing” the market: a new level of digitalization – automation of the qualification of potential suppliers and evaluation of their proposals in public procurement (using the example of the Republic of Kazakhstan): pros and cons;

• automation of the transfer of qualification information about a potential supplier from one Member State for the purposes of participation in public procurement in another Member State;

• the advisability of reviving the idea of ​​creating a Eurasian portal for public procurement as a single place to obtain information about procurement carried out in countries;

• support for manufacturers of goods that have localized their production in member states through public procurement in the context of modern challenges: the possibility of implementing a coordinated protectionist policy in the sphere of public procurement in relation to manufacturers that have localized production in the territory of the EAEU countries;

• withdrawal is an extreme measure that must be preceded by the application of the mechanism of “prohibitions and restrictions” on the admission of goods from third countries to public procurement; the effectiveness of the established prohibitions and restrictions in the implementation of public procurement (using the example of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation);

• measures to attract businesses to include information about their products in the Eurasian Register of Industrial Goods.

Moderator:

Avag Avanesyan- Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Armenia

Speakers:

Maxim Ermolovich – Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Anti-Monopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Zhanar Adikova – Director of the Department of Competition Policy and Policy in the Field of Government Procurement

Natalia Tyshkevich – Deputy Director of the National Center for Marketing and Price Conjuncture of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed)

Natalia Vasilevskaya – Deputy Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed)

Dauren Kenbeil – Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed)

Adilbek Bektibayev – Director of the Department of Integration and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan 

Ulugbek Kalenderov – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic

Alexey Lavrov – Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation

Gulnora Rakhimova – Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan

11:00 – 12:30

Hall No. 5 (4th floor)

EURASIAN CONNECTION

Tourism in the EAEU: New Horizons

In accordance with the Strategic Directions for the Development of Eurasian Economic Integration until 2025, approved by the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 11, 2020 (clauses 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.5), and within the framework of the Declaration on the Further Development of Economic Processes within the Eurasian Economic Union until 2030 and for the Period up to 2045 "Eurasian Economic Path", approved by the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 25, 2023, one of the main areas of economic cooperation is the tourism industry.

In the context of the global economy, the tourism industry is one of the most dynamic and highly profitable industries. Unleashing the potential of the tourism industry will become one of the factors in the development of related industries.

Each EAEU country has its own specifics and advantages, special history and natural potential, unique tourist sites and rich cultural heritage. We will continue to introduce EAEU citizens to tourist routes and sites, including considering the relevance of information resources for tourism development.

The development and implementation of a tourism development concept and the formation of quality standards for the provision of tourism services based on national and international ones will give impetus to cooperation in the tourism industry of the EAEU.

Discussion participants: representatives of organizations and associations in the field of tourism of the EAEU member states, as well as representatives of observer states.

Questions for discussion:

• economic cooperation in the tourism industry within the framework of the concept of tourism development within the EAEU;

• quality standards for tourism services;

• information resource about tourist routes and tourist sites in the EAEU;

• tourist routes in the EAEU.

Moderator:

Alexander Osaulenko – Vice President of the Russian Union of Travel Industry

Speakers:

Narek Teryan – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia (to be confirmed)

Bakhyt Sultanov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Mekhak Apresyan – Head of the Armenian Tourism Federation

Filipp Gulyi – Chairman of the Board of the Republican Union of Tourism Industry of the Republic of Belarus

Inna Rey – Chairman of the Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Touristik Kamkor"

Nikita Kondratyev – Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperationand Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (online)

Maria del Carmen Orellana Alvarado – First Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Cuba

Sardor Niyazov – Deputy Chairman of the Tourism Committee under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Erbol Myrzabosynov – Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed)

Representative of the Tourism Department under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce Kyrgyz Republic (to be confirmed)

Representative of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism of the Islamic Republic Iran (to be confirmed)

13:00 – 14:30

Hall No. 1 (2nd floor)

EURASIAN CONNECTION

EAEU for Business: Creating Conditions for Intensifying Interaction

Eurasian economic integration has provided businesses with significant opportunities to simplify access to the capacious common market.

Ensuring a comfortable business climate within the EAEU is a fundamentally important task. Addressing this is crucial for increasing the market attractiveness of goods and services and accelerating the growth rates of national economies. However, one of the main challenges for business development in the EAEU is the insufficient awareness of the opportunities provided by EAEU law. Therefore, the agenda includes addressing issues related to improving the efficiency of integration processes within the EAEU. This will support the implementation of promising joint projects, the development of national economies, and the enhancement of the export potential of goods and services from EAEU countries.

The successful development of business in the EAEU member states will be supported by the functioning of the Single Market of Services (SMS) within the EAEU. It is crucial to further improve the SMS mechanisms and intensify efforts to expand it in line with liberalization plans.

What is the contribution of integration processes to business development in the Eurasian space?

How to assess the positive impact of the Eurasian integration project on improving the business climate in the EAEU?

How to use Eurasian integration to achieve a synergistic effect when scaling a business?

How to transform the centrifugal forces of national protectionism into centripetal forces of integration?

Questions for discussion:

• How to reduce risks and eliminate problems for doing business within the EAEU?

• improving the business climate taking into account the best international and national practices;

• What is the significance of the UMR for business development in the EAEU member states and what are the prospects for its expansion?

• Expanding the assessment of the impact of regulation within the EAEU on business conditions: new horizons;

• a system of key indicators and indices characterizing the impact of Eurasian economic integration processes on the conditions for doing business: the first results of implementation;

• Advisory Council for Interaction between the EEC and the EAEU Business Council: version 2.0 – “reboot” in order to deepen the dialogue between the Commission and business;

• ensuring freedom of entrepreneurship as a basis for the development of integration processes;

• from self-sufficiency and import substitution to export orientation and commodity expansion into foreign markets – a transition to a qualitatively new level of positioning of the EAEU.

Moderator:

Bakhyt Sultanov- a member of the Board (Minister) for Economics and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Chairman of the Advisory Council for Interaction between the EEC and the EAEU Business Council.

Speakers:

Arsen Kazaryan – President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, Chairman of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council

Alexander Shokhin – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), Member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council

Timur Zharkenov – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken"

Danil Ibrayev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council

Alexander Panasyuk – First Deputy Chairman of the Republican Association of Industrial Enterprises "BelAPP", Director General of the Union of Non-Commercial Organizations "Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers)" of the Republic of Belarus

Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona – President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba

Davron Vakhabov – Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic Uzbekistan (to be confirmed)

Samad Hasanzadeh – President of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Agriculture (to be confirmed)

Anna Jouban-Bre – Secretary of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (video message)

13:00 – 14:30

Hall No. 2 (3rd floor)

QUALITY OF THE INTERNAL MARKET OF THE EAEU

Internal Market of the Eurasian Economic Union: Challenges, Prospects (by invitation)

As part of the joint large-scale work to build a common internal market of the union, moving towards ensuring freedom of movement of goods, services, capital and labor, the issue of strategic development of the internal market of the EAEU remains relevant

Questions for discussion:

• ensuring 4 freedoms: achieved results in the areas of regulation and directions of work for the future (transition from the stage of aspiration to the stage of actual provision);

• approaches and stages for reducing the legal gaps of the Union;

• interaction between the Commission and the Court of the EAEU: the role of judicial bodies in ensuring the smooth functioning of internal markets;

• The role of the Methodology of qualification of obstacles at the present stage: new approaches

• the role of data circulation in ensuring the sustainable functioning of the Union's internal market.

Moderator:

Varos Simonyan- Member of the Board (Minister) for Internal Markets, Informatization, Information and Communication Technologies of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Narek Teryan – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia (to be confirmed)

Alesya Abramenko – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Belarus

Zhanel Kushukova – Vice Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan (to be confirmed)

Nazarbek Malayev – Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic

Dmitry Volvach – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (to be confirmed)

Alexy Droenov – Chairman of the EAEU Court representative of the EAEU Business Council (to be confirmed)

13:00 – 14:30

Hall No. 3 (3rd floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Meeting of the Council of Heads of Authorized Transport Bodies of the EAEU Member States (by invitation) 

Note: Information is being updated.

13:00 – 14:30

Hall No. 4 (4th floor)

DIGITALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

Digital trends in customs activities: theory and practice

With the development of technology and digitalization, digital technologies are beginning to play an increasingly important role in the activities of customs authorities. New digital areas in the activities of customs authorities include the use of modern information systems to improve the efficiency and transparency of processes, as well as to increase border security and protection.

Today, one of the priorities is to build a modernized model of the Union's unified customs transit system, based on digital technologies, open to third countries, including the use of navigation seals and the possibility of introducing unified guarantee mechanisms.

Digitalization of this sector will increase the volume of transit cargo transportation and improve the quality of services for all participants in the process. The introduction of modern digital technologies will help customs authorities successfully cope with the challenges of the modern world and ensure the safety and legality of trade operations.

How customs regulation will develop in modern conditions, the impact of digital solutions and information customs technologies, the introduction of modern IT technologies, the use of digital tools and platforms in the customs sphere for the purpose of developing transit and simplifying cross-border trade, these and other issues will be considered during the panel discussion.

Questions for discussion::

• innovative technologies and solutions applied in the work of customs authorities;

• challenges and difficulties arising from the introduction of digital technologies into the activities of customs authorities;

• prospects for the development of transit within the EAEU using digital technologies;

• construction of a modernized model of a unified customs transit system of the Union open to third countries;

• prospects and conditions for the application of the Union's unified customs transit system by third countries;

• accelerating international trade and globalization through advanced customs technologies;

• the concept of “smart” release of goods at Belarusian customs: from idea to implementation;

• implementation of advanced customs technologies aimed at developing foreign trade.

Moderator:

Ruslan Davydov- Member of the Board (Minister) for Customs Cooperation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Ashot Muradyan – Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic Armenia

Andrey Bolshakov – Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Yerzhan Birzhanov – Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Elnura Mambetzhunusheva – Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Service under the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic

Sergey Shklyaev – Deputy Head of the Federal Customs Service

Tadzio Schilling – Director General of the Association of European Businesses

13:00 – 14:30

Hall No. 5 (4th floor)

DIGITALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

Digital Transformation of Trade in the EAEU: From Outlines to Implementation

Digital technologies are transforming every element of the global economy, and international trade is no exception. Businesses increasingly purchase goods and services using various digital technologies, and many transactions that previously required paperwork are now conducted digitally.

This situation is also typical for the Eurasian Economic Union. Therefore, in the declaration "Eurasian Economic Path", signed by the presidents of the EAEU member states, digital trade is highlighted as one of the promising areas of development of the EAEU. Digital trade, in turn, in a broad sense includes both traditional digitalization of trade activities (payments, electronic documents and document flow), and new areas of interaction in trade, namely the expansion of the use of artificial intelligence and its implementation in all areas of trade and logistics.

Given such common problems, it is necessary to create a common, transparent and flexible environment for the digital transformation of trade in the EAEU space.

The purpose of this session is to exchange views between the Eurasian Economic Commission, representatives of authorized bodies and the business community of the EAEU member states, and representatives of international organizations on the contours and cornerstones of the digital transformation of trade in Eurasia.

Questions for discussion:

• key areas of digital transformation of trade in the EAEU;

• simplification and digitalization of logistics;

• ensuring the smooth use of electronic contracts and invoicing;

• development of trade in digital goods;

• digital authentication and identification of transaction subjects;

• new trends and technologies in digital commerce.

Moderator:

Oleg Poletaev – Director of Digital Business Development at the Interfax Group (to be confirmed)

Speakers:

Andrey Slepnev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Nazarbek Malayev – Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic

Nenad Popovic – Minister for International Economic Cooperation of the Republic Serbia

Svetlana Chupsheva – Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives

Jan Duval – Head of the Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Department of ESCAP (online)

Yulia Shlenskaya – President of the KVT Group of Companies (to be confirmed)

Sergey Plugotarenko – Director General of the Digital Economy ANO (to be confirmed)

Zhenis Oserbay – Director General of QazTrade

Andrey Neznamov – Managing Director – Head of the Sber AI Center (to be confirmed)

Anna Ryabova – Deputy Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus Representatives of the Kyrgyz Republic (to be confirmed)

13:00 – 14:30

B2B Hall No 3 (4th floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Meeting of the heads of national statistical services of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union

Availability, timeliness, and quality of statistical information are the main factors influencing the adoption of management decisions on the development of countries and improving the well-being of the population. At the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 25, 2023, in St. Petersburg, the heads of state of the Eurasian Economic Union signed the Declaration on the Further Development of Economic Processes within the EAEU until 2030 and the 'Eurasian Economic Path' until 2045. One of the areas of development of economic cooperation in areas with integration potential is the development of statistical information of the EAEU. In order to further develop the statistics of the Union in the interests of fully satisfying the expanding information needs of users for high-quality, trusted statistical data for analyzing the processes of functioning and development of the EAEU, it is necessary to develop and approve the Program for the Development of Integration in the Field of Statistics of the Eurasian Economic Union until 2030, taking into account the rapid development of information and communication technologies and new data sources.

Questions for discussion:

• on the Program for the Development of Integration in the Sphere of Statistics of the Eurasian Economic Union for 2026–2030;

• on the Plan for the implementation of the Declaration on the further development of economic processes within the Eurasian Economic Union until 2030 and for the period until 2045 “Eurasian Economic Path”;

• on the digitalization of the statistical industry;

• on strategies/plans for the development of national statistical services of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Moderator:

Eldar Alisherov- Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Stepan Mnatsakanyan – President of the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia

Zhanna Vasilevskaya – Deputy Chairperson of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus

Zhaser Dzharkinbaev – Deputy Head of the National Statistics Bureau of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Bakytbek Shokenov – Deputy Chairman of the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic

Sergey Egorenko – Deputy Head of the Federal State Statistics Service

Azamat Orosbaev – Director of the Statistics Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Natalya Ignatova – Deputy Director of the Statistics Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission

13:30 – 15:00

External platform

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Public Procurement

14:45 – 16:15

Hall No. 1 (2nd floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

EAEU+

Business Dialogue EAEU – Iran: Panel Discussion

In the current conditions of the active formation of a multipolar world order, the importance and influence of integration associations and integration processes between traditional trading partners is strengthening. The deepening of integration processes creates opportunities for further expansion of trade, including diversification of its structure, between participants in such integration, and also forms a solid basis for trade and economic cooperation in the broad sense of this term. In the Eurasian region, in turn, traditional historical ties are actively strengthening and new formats of interaction between key players are being created.

A striking example of this process is the formation of a free trade zone between the EAEU and Iran, which is being carried out in two stages.

The first stage is the implementation of a temporary agreement, according to which duties on a limited range of goods have been reduced or eliminated since October 2019. To date, mutual trade statistics have clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of such cooperation. Thus, if by the end of 2019, the trade turnover between the EAEU and Iran amounted to 2.4 billion US dollars, then by the end of 2022 this figure has increased more than 2.5 times.

The second stage is the creation of a full-fledged free trade zone in accordance with the free trade agreement concluded on December 25, 2023, which provides for the non-application of duties on almost 90% of the entire range of goods. At the same time, there are a number of fundamental issues on the agenda, solutions to which must be found to create additional conditions for the successful development of trade and economic relations:

logistics, transport connectivity within the North-South corridor;

cooperation in industry and agriculture, food security;

promoting the increase in the volume of mutual trade and investment;

settlement issues;

other promising areas of cooperation that have potential for development.

Questions for discussion:

What are the priority tasks in terms of deepening cooperation between the EAEU and Iran?

What are the results of the implementation of the temporary agreement leading to the formation of a free trade zone between the EAEU and Iran, and expectations from a full-fledged free trade agreement?

Drivers of growth in the new conditions – what goods have the greatest untapped potential in trade?

What is needed to create a sustainable infrastructure that enables economic cooperation?

cooperation – what are the most priority areas of cooperation?

What decisions in the financial sphere have already been made and what decisions need to be made?

“North-South” – how do its participants see the corridor?

Moderator:

Karen Ivanov – Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Armenia

Speakers:

Andrey Slepnev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Gevorg Papoyan – Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia

Seyed Mohammad Attabak – Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mohammadali Dehghan Dehnavi – Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade, Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dmitry Volvach – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Alexander Shokhin – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Seyed Said Rad - Head of Government Trading Corporation

Aram Safaryan – Chairman of the Public Organization "Integration and Development",coordinator of the Eurasian Expert Club

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Timur Zharkenov - Member of the Board - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the NCE RK "Atameken"

Nonna Kagramanyan – Vice President, Head of the Executive Committee of Delovaya Rossiya

Mahmoud Najafi Arab - Head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Bahman Abdollahi - Head of the Chamber of Cooperatives of Iran

Abdulali Ali-Asgari - President of the Iranian Gulf Petrochemical Company

Mehdi Maskani - Director General of the Iranian Pension Fund

14:45 – 16:15

Hall No. 2 (3rd floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Presentation of projects of the Second International Climate Competition"Green Eurasia"

The observed global climate changes have a direct impact on the economy of the EAEU and BRICS countries: the population, natural complexes, and energy, agro-industrial, housing and communal systems of individual cities, regions and entire countries are becoming increasingly vulnerable. In this regard, the topic of development, implementation and scaling of low-carbon development and climate adaptation technologies, which contribute to both minimizing damage from climate change and achieving the goals of sustainable socio-economic development, has become particularly relevant.

The Agency for Strategic Initiatives, together with the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), has been holding a supranational competition for the second year, aimed at identifying technological leaders of the “green agenda” and popularizing effective practices in climate mitigation and adaptation of the economy to the consequences of climate change.

In 2023, 296 applications were submitted to the competition, and the geography of the participants extended beyond the EAEU countries.

Taking into account the response from foreign countries, in 2024 it was decided to expand the geography of the competition to all countries of the world. This year, more than 300 practices from 12 countries, including China, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, Cameroon, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan, were submitted to the competition. The number of practices submitted to the competition confirms the fact that issues of climate and environmental well-being continue to unite residents of different countries. The winners and finalists of the competition were 57 best climate practices ready for global scaling.

Mutual exchange of advanced experience and best practices in the field of ecology and climate between friendly countries will accelerate environmental transformation in key sectors of the economy and ensure climate resilience of countries.

In a rapidly changing world, it is necessary to unite efforts for effective

international cooperation that will promote sustainable development

of states, society and business and mutually beneficial relations. The purpose of the event is to create

a platform for the exchange of experience and knowledge, establish new business contacts and find

potential partners.

Moderator:

Svetlana Chupsheva – General Director of the ANO “Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects”

Co-moderator: 

Mikhail Makarov – Director of the International Relations Office of the ANO “Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects”

Invited experts

Members of the Expert Group and the Presidium of the international competition "Green Eurasia"  (to be confirmed)

Tatyana Zhuravleva- General Director, Andrey Melnichenko Charitable Foundation

Ekaterina Kuzmina- Vice President, PAO Promsvyazbank

Ekaterina Salugina-Sorokova-  First Vice President, JSC Gazprombank

Invited speakers – winners of the competition: 

Andrey Samatov- Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development of the Sakhalin Region, project "Implementation of an experiment to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the territory of the Sakhalin Region"

Adilet Amantaev – Director of the Center for Climate Financing of the Kyrgyz Republic, practice “Creation of the Center for Climate Financing of the Kyrgyz Republic”

Albert Bikmurzin- Deputy General Director for Legal and Property Issues, Gazprom Energoholding LLC, project “Comfort of a Big City: Switching Thermal Loads as a Basis for Moscow’s Energy Efficiency”

Igor Gubenko- Executive Director of Sberbank PJSC / Director of the Low-Carbon Energy Certification Center, the Low-Carbon Energy Registry project

Dr. Mohammad Bagher Ebrahim Habibi – Project Manager, Petroleum Research Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dr. Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Dastgheib – Head of Biotechnology and Environment Department, Petroleum Research Institute of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Dmitry Chelobitchenkov – Head of Department, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Sberbank PJSC,

Alexey Korovin – Senior Researcher, AIR Research Institute, Sberbank PJSC, Responsible Energy Consumption project.

Korovin Aleskey – Senior Researcher, AIRI Research Institute, Responsible Energy Consumption project

Vladislav Ivanov- CEO of the practice, Development Director of TERMOPOL LLC, Polyrecycling project

Artem Sedov-  CEO of Bolshaya Troika LLC, project “Comprehensive automation of waste management operator processes (APRO)”

Nikolay Utkin – Senior Vice President, Head of the Norilsk Division of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, practice “Background monitoring system for permafrost in the territory of responsibility of PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel”

Roman Kolesnikov – Leading Researcher of the State Autonomous Institution of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, practice “Monitoring the degradation of permafrost and river runoff to ensure the safety of capital construction projects”

Evgenia Semutnikova – First Deputy Head of the Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection of the City of Moscow, practice “Comprehensive plan for increasing the resilience of a megalopolis in the face of climate change”

Pestrikov Ilya- Sustainable Development Directorate of JSC RUSAL Management, project "RUSAL Forest Climate Project for Aviation Protection of Forests from Fires"

Aleksandr Kraevoy – Head of Production Engineering and Sustainable Development Department of PJSC RusHydro, project “Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Assessing the Absorption Capacity of Hydropower Facilities”.

Daria Chudnaya – General Director of SR CMS, project “Platform for Objective Monitoring of Greenhouse Gases SR CMS”.

Ksenia Kuznetsova – Managing Director of the Capital Markets Unit of Gazprombank (Joint Stock Company)

Oleg Mansurov – General Director of SR Space

Hall No. 3 (3rd floor)

Joint meeting of the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (5+ format event)

High-level ministerial meeting in the EAEU+ interaction format with the aim of deepening international cooperation in the field of communications and information and communication technologies

Questions for discussion::

• assessment of the level of digitalization of Member States based on statistical data and indicators characterizing the level of ICT development. Review of methods used to assess the level of digitalization;

• data circulation in the Eurasian Economic Union. Development of an international agreement on cross-border data transfer;

• possible steps towards mutual recognition of identification and authentication systems for citizens of Member States;

• cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence. Exchange of advanced experience and best practices;

• consideration of the draft Action Plan (“road map”) for interaction between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the RCC for 2024-2027.

Moderator:

Alexey Borodin – Director General of the RSS

Speakers:

Heads of Communications Administrations – members of the RCC:

Gevorg Meliksetyan – Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia

Konstantin Shulgan – Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus

Askhat Orazbek – Vice Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Nuriya Kutnaeva – Minister of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic

Maksut Shadayev – Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

14:45 – 16:15

Hall No. 4 (4th floor)

EURASIAN CONNECTION

Transport connectivity of Eurasia: a vision of the future

In recent years, the economies of all countries of the world have faced unprecedented challenges and trials. Traditional transport and logistics routes and forms of business interaction have undergone significant changes. Innovative and digital technologies are being actively introduced in the transport sector. In this context, the interaction of the integration associations of the EAEU, CIS and SCO have enormous potential for the formation of a new transport and logistics image of the future of Eurasia.

The panel session will become a platform for direct interaction between representatives of government bodies, scientific and expert circles on the most pressing issues of transport development, as well as strengthening interregional ties and forming cooperative cooperation in the Eurasian space.

Questions for discussion:

regional measures to maintain sustainable transport links, territorial connectivity and mobility;

modern trends in the logistics services market, multimodality of transport, containerization of cargo, the role of modes of transport in their development;

digital transformation and development of paperless technologies as key factors for high-quality economic development. Intelligent transport systems;

formation of a functional infrastructure, mechanisms for regional and interregional cooperation in the development of international transport corridors, implementation of joint projects in priority areas of partnership;

the multiplier effect of the “dry port” and development prospects in Eurasia;

Science and education for transport: a look into the future;

implementation of the Agreement on the use of navigation seals in the Union for tracking shipments;

creation of an information and communication “showcase” of national services of the ecosystem of digital transport corridors of the EAEU.

Moderator:

Larisa Korshunova, Director of Government Relations, JSC UTLC ERA

Speakers:

Arzybek Kozhoshev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Armen Simonyan – Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia

Sergey Dubina – Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus (online)

Dmitry Shiyan – Acting Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation (online)

Khan Sohail – Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (video message)

Dionori Francesco – Head of the Transport Networks and Logistics Section of the Sustainable Transport Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Sergey Ignatov – Senior Managing Director and Head of the Transport and Infrastructure Directorate of the Eurasian Development Bank

Vadim Zakharenko – Head of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Representative Office in Eurasia

Mikhail Myskin – Director of the Economic Cooperation Department of the CIS Executive Committee (online)

14:45 – 16:15

Hall No. 5 (4th floor)

EAEU+

Business Dialogue EAEU – Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is a traditional trade and economic partner of the EAEU in the Latin American and Caribbean region. Cooperation has deep roots, linking the country with the Union member states economically and culturally. At the same time, its potential is still very far from being effectively realized.

Since the beginning of the EAEU's operation, Cuba has actively demonstrated its willingness to deepen dialogue with the Eurasian Economic Commission, noting the importance of expanding trade and economic ties with all countries of the Union.

A broad basis for dialogue has been created: a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the EEC and the Government of Cuba; in 2020, Cuba received the status of an observer state in the EAEU; the country's leadership takes part in meetings of the Union's bodies; a permanent representative of Cuba to the EEC has been appointed, and a Plan of Joint Activities for 2021-2025 is being implemented.

The EAEU and Cuba are committed to further effectively developing cooperation mechanisms in order to intensify trade, develop contacts between business circles, and implement cooperation projects in areas of mutual interest between the countries of the Union and the Republic of Cuba.

Cuba, as a reliable partner of the Union, has the potential to become a kind of logistics hub between the EAEU and other states of Latin America and the Caribbean, given the country's participation in economic agreements in the region. This could facilitate easier access of Eurasian goods to the Latin American market, which is especially relevant given the current transport difficulties between the Eurasian and Latin American regions.

Questions for discussion:

What areas have the greatest potential for deepening trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU countries and Cuba, and what could contribute to greater involvement of the EAEU member states in trade and economic cooperation with Cuba?

What difficulties in the transport and logistics sector do businesses in the EAEU countries and Cuba face, and what can help solve them?

What are the prospects for opening production facilities of the Union countries in Cuba, including the Mariel special development zone?

What opportunities does the EAEU provide for cooperation with Cuba, given its membership in regional associations of Latin America and the Caribbean, to expand access of Eurasian goods to the Latin American market?

How to expand settlements in national currencies in mutual trade?

What are the prospects in Cuba for businesses and investors from the EAEU countries in various sectors of the tourism sector, including educational, corporate, and medical tourism?

Moderator:

Sergey Mikhnevich – Executive Secretary, Member of the Presidium of the Business Council of the Eurasian Economic Union, Managing Director of the Department of International Multilateral Cooperation and Integration of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Deborah Rivas Saavedra – Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of the Republic of Cuba 

Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona – President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba

José Gaspar Álvarez Sandoval – Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Cuba

Mauri Echavarria Bermúdez – Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Cuba

Maria del Carmen Orellana – First Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Cuba

Eulogio Pimentel Vazquez – Vice President of the BioCubaPharma Group

Teresita de la Caridad Trujillo – Specialist in Business Interaction of the Mariel Special Development Zone

Andrey Guskov – Deputy Director Latin American Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Armen Martirosyan – Vice President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia (UIEA)

Sergey Krasilnikov – Vice President – ​​Managing Director of the Department of International Bilateral Cooperation of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Participants of the discussion:

Mikhail Makarov – Director of the International Relations Office of the ANO “Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects”

Carmen Arias Suarez – Director of AEROVARADERO

Roberto Enriquez Calzadilla – Vice President of the Gaviota Group

Representative of the business community of the Republic of Belarus (to be confirmed)

16:30 – 18:30

Hall No. 1 (2nd floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Business Dialogue EAEU – Iran: Roundtable on Instruments to Promote Trade and Investment

In December 2023, a full-fledged Free Trade Agreement was signed between the EAEU and Iran, providing for the establishment of a duty-free trade regime for 90% of the product range.

According to expert estimates, the entry into force of the Agreement will allow the EAEU trade turnover with Iran to increase by 50-90% of the current volume, taking into account the creation of opportunities for increasing trade in underdeveloped product segments.

This is an important step towards building full-fledged preferential economic relations between Iran and the EAEU member states, which should be based on the principles of equal and mutually beneficial partnership, while being based on international trade norms and principles.

However, for the full implementation of the Agreement, it seems important not only to attract the attention of the business communities of our countries to the new opportunities opening up in accordance with this Agreement, but also to discuss in detail the practical aspects of the work.

Questions for discussion:

issues of development of trade and economic relations between the Union and Iran and formation of financial and banking infrastructure;

special economic zones for investors: new opportunities;

certain aspects of Islamic finance as a new driver for the development of international cooperation;

current issues of financing and technological development of manufacturing enterprises of the EAEU;

investments in transport infrastructure;

Institutional investors' perspective on ESG and sustainable finance:

global and national context.

Moderator:

Sergey Krasilnikov – Vice President – ​​Managing Director of the Department of International Bilateral Cooperation of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Speakers:

Khachatur Marozyan – Chairman of the International Association of Lawyers and Psychologists

Aaron Chilingaryan – Partner, Head of the Tax and Legal Department of ZAO B-D-O accounting, tax and legal, member of the Council of the Union of Lawyers and Psychologists, member of the Business Council of the Eurasian Economic Union-Iran

Dmitry Rozhkov – Head of the Administration of the Free Economic Zone “Grodnoinvest”

Tatev Avetisyan – co-founder of the business club "Partners" and the marketing company "Global media house"

Hassan Forouzanfard – Member of the Assembly and Chairman of the Committee for Management of Organizations of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Agriculture

Loran Akobyan – General Director of Aipavlov

Dmitry Maslennikov – Director of Strategic Development of STADICASE

Laurent Hakobyan – General Director of Aipavlov

Alireza Jafari – Head of the Persian Trading House of Iran in Belarus

Anastasia Maslennikova – General Director of STADICASE

Vyacheslav Shoptenko – Deputy Director of RANEPA, Advisor to the Governor of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra

16:30–18:30

Hall No. 2, (3rd floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Presidium of the EAEU Business Council (by invitation)

The EAEU Business Council is a permanent coordinating and advisory body of business circles, uniting the largest business associations of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). It includes the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers) of the Republic of Armenia, the Union of Non-Commercial Organizations "Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers)" of the Republic of Belarus, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken", the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE)..

On September 30, 2024, the next meeting of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council will be held in a closed format, at which its participants will discuss key issues on the agenda of Eurasian integration, including the priorities of the Armenian chairmanship, as well as the current tasks of the Eurasian business community.

Moderator:

Arsen Kazaryan – President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, Chairman of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council

Speakers:

Alexander Shokhin – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), Member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council (online)

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council

Timur Zharkenov – Deputy Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Atameken"

Alexander Panasyuk – First Deputy Chairman of the Republican Association of Industrial Enterprises "BelAPP", Director General of the Union of Non-Commercial Organizations "Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers)" of the Republic of Belarus

Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona – President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba

Eldar Alisherov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Bakhyt Sultanov – Member of the Board (Minister) for Economy and Financial Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Sergey Mikhnevich – Executive Secretary, Member of the Presidium of the EAEU Business Council, Managing Director of the Department of International Multilateral Cooperation and Integration of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP);

Alexander Murychev – Authorized Representative of the Coordinator of the Russian side of the EAEU Business Council; Vice President for Financial Policy and Development of Economic Sectors of the RSPP

Sergey Krasilnikov – Vice President – ​​Managing Director of the Department of International Bilateral Cooperation of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

16:30 – 18:30

Hall No. 3 (3rd floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Business Dialogue EAEU – Iran: Roundtable for Industrial, Transport and Logistics Companies

Statistics on the turnover of industrial goods between the EAEU and Iran show positive dynamics: in 2023, compared to 2022, exports grew by 42%, and imports by 15.6%. The interaction between the EAEU and Iran is now developing in all directions and affecting all industries.

In December 2023, a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EAEU and Iran was signed, establishing a duty-free trade regime for 90% of the product range. According to expert estimates, the Agreement's entry into force will increase the EAEU's trade turnover with Iran by 50-90% of the current volume, creating opportunities for boosting trade in underdeveloped product segments.

Under the Agreement, the EAEU will gain duty-free access to the Iranian market for the following products: railway equipment, tractors, certain types of trucks, special equipment, metallurgical products, ferroalloys, pipes of various diameters, finished metal products, forestry products, and chemical products.

In turn, the Agreement will open additional opportunities for Iranian manufacturers to pursue joint projects in mechanical engineering (including joint production of automobiles, trucks, locomotives, freight, and passenger cars), as well as in the woodworking industry and the mining and metallurgical sectors.

Along with creating the necessary regulatory conditions for trade in goods, it is critically important to fine-tune transport infrastructure, which can be successfully achieved through the formation of new logistics corridors and value chains. Therefore, in addition to the broad commodity coverage of the Free Trade Agreement, provisions on sectoral cooperation between the EAEU and Iran are also included.

It is expected that the implementation of joint projects to develop transport infrastructure will ensure optimal connectivity between Europe and Asia, including via the International North-South Transport Corridor.

During the discussion, participants will address practical issues related to the development of trade and economic relations between the Union and Iran in industry and transport. They will assess opportunities for increasing mutual deliveries, discuss challenges faced by companies during deliveries and joint infrastructure projects, and explore solutions necessary to create favorable conditions for realizing the Agreement's benefits.

Questions for discussion:

prospects for increasing the supply of industrial products;

challenges faced by suppliers of industrial products in the markets of the EAEU and Iran;

benefits for individual industries under the FTA with Iran;

prospects for the implementation of joint cooperation projects in the industrial sector;

International transport corridor "North-South": assessment of potential and effects on trade between the EAEU and Iran, opportunities for development;

transport framework as a factor of sustainable economy and stability during turbulent geopolitical processes;

towards a “green” transformation of transport;

expanding the horizons of transport integration between the EAEU and Iran;

challenges and trends in logistics, seamless logistics technologies in cooperation with a key trading partner.

Moderator:

Nonna Kagramanyan-Vice President, Head of the Executive Committee of Delovaya Rossiya

Speakers:

Larisa Korshunova – Director for Interaction with Government Authorities and International Organizations of JSC UTLC ERA, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transport and Logistics of the Committee on International Cooperation of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Alexander Karpuk – General Director of the Belarusian Association of International Automobile Carriers “BAMAP”

Armen Nersisyan – founder and director of Credit Partner LLC

Hervik Yari Janyan – member of the Assembly and Chairman of the Mining Commission of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Agriculture

Amir Tavakoli Raudy – member of the Islamic Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Peyman Sanandaji – member of the Assembly and Chairman of the Transport Commission of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Agriculture

Dmitry Maslennikov – Director of Strategic Development at STADICASE

Sergey Igityan – Head of the International Projects Department of BL GROUP LLC

Sergey Mayorov – Chairman of the Board of the Association “Industrial Cluster of the Republic of Tatarstan”

Marat Zembatov – Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the Higher School of Economics (online)

Mikhail Natenzon – Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Scientific and Production Association “National Telemedicine Agency”

Karen Arakelyan – CEO of KARMAKS LLC

16:30 – 18:30

Hall No. 5 (4th floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Business Dialogue EAEU – Iran: Roundtable for Agricultural Sector Companies

In December 2023, a full-fledged Free Trade Agreement was signed between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states, on the one hand, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, on the other hand (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), providing for the establishment of a duty-free trade regime for 90% of the product range.

According to expert estimates, the entry into force of the Agreement will allow the EAEU trade turnover with Iran to increase by 50-90% of the current volume, taking into account the creation of opportunities for increasing trade in underdeveloped product segments.

Under the Agreement, Iran will open access to its agricultural market for such key goods of export interest to the EAEU as: beef, lamb, chicken (within the tariff quota), chicken eggs, wheat, barley (within the tariff quotas), vegetable oils (sunflower, soybean, rapeseed), sugar (within the tariff quota), chocolate and confectionery products, mineral waters.

In turn, the EAEU will liberalize Iran's access to its agricultural markets for such goods as: fresh fruits, including apples, nuts, citrus fruits, kiwi, vegetables, in particular potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, as well as prepared food products. As for current trade indicators, agricultural imports from Iran in 2023 increased by 4.9% from 897 to 941 million US dollars compared to 2022.

The roundtable participants will discuss promising areas of cooperation in the field of agriculture, assess opportunities for increasing mutual supplies, discuss the challenges that companies face when making supplies and the solution of which is necessary to create the most favorable conditions for realizing the benefits created by the Agreement.

Questions for discussion:

prospects for increasing supplies of agricultural products;

challenges faced by agricultural suppliers;

"Eurasian Agroexpress": assessment of possible effects on trade;

aspects of logistics in agricultural trade;

opportunities for the exchange of technologies and innovations in the agricultural sector;

prospects for the development of transit of agricultural products through Iran to the Persian Gulf countries;

Prospects for strengthening phytosanitary and veterinary control.

Moderator:

Dmitry Antonov – Business Ambassador of "Delovaya Rossiya" in Iran, Member of the Board of the RSPP 

Speakers:

Andrey Bodin – Chairman of the Board of the NO "Soyuzrossakhar"

Gagik Babakhanyan – Owner and head of the farm enterprise PE "Gagik Babakhanyan"

Somae Rafiei – Member of the Islamic Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mohammad Seraj – Member of the Islamic Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Davud Renji – Member of the Assembly of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mining and Agriculture

Kalys Kojobekov – Executive Director of the NGO "Association of Small and Medium Business Entrepreneurs of Kyrgyzstan "Ishker"

Ervand Tarverdyan- Member of the Board of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Republic of Armenia, Founder of the Food Factory "Ararat"

Alevtina Kirillova – General Director of the ANO "Eurasian Agrologistics" (online)

16:30 – 18:30

Hall No. 5 (4th floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Business Dialogue EAEU – Iran: Roundtable on Transport and Logistics

In December 2023, a full-fledged Free Trade Agreement was signed between the EAEU and Iran, providing for the establishment of a duty-free trade regime for 90% of the product range.

According to expert estimates, the entry into force of the Agreement will increase the trade turnover of the EAEU with Iran by 50-90% of the current volume, taking into account the creation of opportunities for increasing trade in underdeveloped segments of goods. Within the framework of the Agreement, the EAEU will receive duty-free access to the Iranian market for such types of products as: railway equipment, tractors, certain types of trucks, and special equipment. Along with the wide product coverage of the future free trade agreement, provisions are also provided for sectoral cooperation between our countries, which in the current situation is becoming especially relevant. Now the interaction of the EAEU and Iran is developing in literally all directions and affects all industries.

At the same time, along with the creation of the necessary regulatory conditions for trade in goods, it is critically important to fine-tune the transport infrastructure, which can be successfully implemented within the framework of the formation of new logistics corridors and value-added chains.

The potential of the North-South ITC has not yet been fully realized, but consistent work is being carried out to create and develop Eurasian transport corridors and implement significant infrastructure projects in the Eurasian space.

The transport systems of the Member States ensure optimal transport connectivity, connecting Europe and Asia over the shortest distance.

Recognizing the importance of cooperation in the transport and logistics sector, the Agreement provides for the formation of a Subcommittee on Cooperation in Transport and Transit, where the parties will be able to consider current issues in this area.

Questions for discussion:

International North-South Transport Corridor: Assessment of Effects on Trade between the EAEU and Iran;

transport framework as a factor of sustainable economy and stability during turbulent geopolitical processes;

towards a green transformation of transport;

expanding the horizons of transport integration between the EAEU and Iran;

Logistics 2025: risks and opportunities for business in the EAEU and Iran;

challenges and trends in logistics, seamless logistics technologies in cooperation with a key trading partner;

The struggle for new markets: the role of transport.

Moderator:

Nonna Kagramanyan – Vice President, Head of the Executive Committee of  “Delovaya Rossiya”

Speakers:

Marat Zembatov – Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the Higher School of Economics (online)

Larisa Korshunova – Director for Interaction with Government Authorities and International Organizations at JSC OTLC ERA, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transport and Logistics of the Committee on International Cooperation of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

From 19:00

Official reception on behalf of the Forum organizing committee (by invitation)

16:30 – 18:30

B2B Hall No 3 (4th floor)

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Public reception for business

The public reception room of the EEC Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation Unit is an open platform for direct dialogue with the EAEU business community, within the framework of which activities in the field of ensuring competition in the EAEU cross-border markets are presented, problematic business issues and ways to solve them are discussed.

Individual consultations are held within the framework of the Public Reception Offices, during which EEC experts provide relevant explanations to business entities in a one-on-one format.

The Public Reception will also be broadcast on the YouTube platform with the opportunity to ask questions and leave comments.

All materials are posted on the Commission's website on the "Public Reception" page. (https://eec.eaeunion.org/comission/direction/caa/public_reception/).

Participants of the event: representatives of the business community, member states of the EAEU, other participants of the Eurasian Economic Forum, representatives of the EEC blocs

Questions for discussion:

on types of violations of general competition rules: abuse of a dominant position, anticompetitive agreements, unfair competition;

on the procedure for filing an application for violation of general competition rules in the cross-border markets of the EAEU;

on the competencies of the EEC and competition authorities of the EAEU member states in cross-border markets;

on cases of violations of general competition rules considered by the EEC;

other issues of interest to business;

individual consultations.

Moderator:

Maxim Ermolovich- Member of the Board (Minister) for Competition and Anti-monopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Speakers:

Zhanar Adikova – Director of the Department of Competition Policy and Public Procurement Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Shushan Sargsyan- Member of the Commission for the Protection of Competition of the Republic of Armenia

Sergey Maksimov-  Director of the Department of Antimonopoly Regulation of the Eurasian Economic Commission

08:00 – 09:30

Hall No. 4 (4th floor)

DIGITALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

Digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in the context of ensuring traceability of agricultural products and developing trade

The development of digitalization in the agro-industrial complex can become a key element of the transition to Industry 4.0, ensuring the digital transformation of the industry. Of paramount importance in this process is trade - the formation of a trusted ecosystem for the circulation of agricultural products within the EAEU on a paperless basis, which will stimulate the digitalization of a large array of data throughout the entire production and distribution chain and ensure the traceability of agricultural products.

Measures to develop digitalization of the agro-industrial complex within the EAEU include the signing of the Agreement on the rules for the issue (delivery), circulation and redemption of warehouse receipts for agricultural products within the Eurasian Economic Union on July 31, 2023. The agreement is scheduled to enter into force no earlier than June 1, 2026 and is aimed at expanding the practice of using a non-emission security in mutual trade - a warehouse receipt for agricultural products, which is issued in a non-documentary form.

As part of the work carried out by member states to build a national system for the circulation of warehouse receipts for agricultural products, it is of interest to exchange experience in the implementation of digital projects in the field of agriculture in the EAEU member states.

Questions for discussion:

the potential of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in ensuring traceability of agricultural products;

warehouse receipts as a tool for developing mutual trade within the EAEU;

digital projects of government agencies and businesses aimed at developing trade in agriculture.

Moderator:

Nonna Kagramanyan – Vice President, Head of the Executive Committee of the All-Russian Public Organization “Business Russia”

Speakers:

Goar Barseghyan – Member of the Board (Minister) for Industry and Agro-Industrial Complex of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Oleg Kobyakov – Director of the Liaison Office with the Russian Federation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Daniela di Gianantonio – Team Leader of the Digital Agriculture Group of the Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Europe and Central Asia (FAO)

Arnaud Petit – Executive Director of the International Grains Council

Manas Baitoreyev – Head of the Securities Department of JSC Information and Accounting Center of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Svetlana Alekseyeva – Deputy Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation

Danil Ibraev – President of the Kyrgyz Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Alexey Kletsko – Director of the direction: agriculture and renewable resources, retail and consumer goods, banks and the financial sector of Yakov and Partners LLC

09:00 – 10:30

B2B Hall No 3 (4th floor)

EURASIAN CONNECTION

Eurasian Economic Integration in the Energy Sector: Challenges and Benefits

Ten years after the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) began functioning, the exceptional stability of this integration association, along with its adaptability to changing external conditions and emerging challenges affecting the energy sectors of the member states, has become evident. This underscores the presence of “cementing” factors at the foundation of Eurasian energy integration.

The fuel and energy sector of each country forms the foundation of its dynamic socio-economic development, ensuring the population and industries are supplied with essential energy resources. Given the historical, inseparable connection between our energy sectors, the development of cooperative integration in this field through the balanced and gradual enhancement of existing, highly effective relations between our countries is a powerful and effective means of achieving the primary goals set forth in the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union: fostering stable economic growth, improving living standards, promoting comprehensive modernization, encouraging cooperation, and boosting the competitiveness of national economies.

Despite the different structures of the fuel and energy sectors in EAEU countries, mutual respect and awareness of the potential negative consequences of deteriorating national energy security in any member state allow for an unprecedented level of mutual understanding, trust, and consideration of national energy interests. This also creates the foundation for a unified vision among member states on current international energy issues.

Thus, within the framework of the EAEU, a unique system of relationships in the energy sector is evolving, aimed at realizing the energy potential of each member and, in the long term, generating significant positive effects on cooperation between the EAEU and its partner countries.

Questions for discussion:

main factors of sustainability of Eurasian integration;

changes in the international energy landscape and its impact on Eurasian economic integration;

impact on the energy complex of the development of integration processes in related industries;

formats of interaction between the EAEU countries and partner states in the energy sector;

prospects for intensifying the dialogue between the EAEU and international organizations with the participation of its member states;

 strategic vision of the future of Eurasian integration.

The session participants include heads of government bodies from EAEU partner countries, as well as leaders of the largest energy companies within the EAEU region.

Moderator:

Alexandra Panina – Member of the Management Board of PJSC Inter RAO

Speakers:

Sergey Tsivilev – Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

Gnel Sanosyan – Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia

Denis Moroz – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus

Almasadam Satkaliev – Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Taalaibek Ibrayev – Minister of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic

Igor Artemyev – President of JSC “Saint Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange”

Arzybek Kozhoshev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Energy and Infrastructure of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Taras Kupchikov – Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Electric Power Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States

09:00 – 10:30

Hall No. 5(4th floor)

DIGITALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES

Electronic trading platforms of the EAEU: balance of interests of business and the state

Currently, the development of e-commerce positively impacts the formation of a single economic space within the Union and enhances the welfare of its citizens. It enables the purchase of a wide range of goods throughout the EAEU, including in remote regions. This growth is driven by marketplaces—electronic trading platforms where millions of buyers acquire goods from hundreds of thousands of sellers across the Eurasian space.

Currently, expert estimates suggest that approximately 70-75% of e-commerce transactions occur on marketplaces. For example, analysts forecast that about 50% of clothing sales next year will be conducted on these platforms.

Electronic trading on marketplaces objectively supports employment growth, the involvement of small and medium-sized businesses, and the development of storage and logistics infrastructure. However, it also leads to the formation of entities with significant market power, which can have a considerable impact on the economy of individual regions and the Union member states as a whole.

This underscores the need to discuss both the principle of whether separate regulation of marketplaces within the EAEU is advisable and the search for an optimal model that considers the interests of all participants: the state, marketplaces, sellers, and consumers.

Questions for discussion

risks and benefits of special regulation of marketplaces;

ensuring fair consideration of the rights and interests of participants;

ensuring the legality of the circulation of goods;

obstacles to the development of electronic commerce in the EAEU and partner countries;

benefits and risks of self-regulation of e-commerce;

conditions for the operation of foreign marketplaces on the Union market.

Moderator

Artem Sokolov – co-founder of the Alliance of Internet Trade Associations of the Eurasian Economic Union, president of the Association of Internet Trade Companies

Speakers:

Andrey Slepnev – Member of the Board (Minister) for Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission

Vladimir Goncharevich – Head of Government Relations at Ozon

Evgeny Etin – Director for Government Relations in Russia and International Markets at Wildberries

Anatoly Markov – Deputy Managing Director at Lamoda

Narek Teryan – Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia

Dmitry Rusakov – Director of Corporate Relations for Yandex e-commerce services

Natalya Vasilevskaya – Deputy Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus

Nazarbek Malayev – Deputy Minister of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic

Dmitry Volvach – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

9:30 – 10:30

External platform

EVENTS ON THE SIDEFIELD OF THE FORUM

Meeting of heads of ministries of economy of the EAEU member states

11:00

Plenary session hall

Plenary session of the forum with participation of heads of government Awarding of the winners of the second international climate competition "Green Eurasia"(by invitation)